- From: Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 14:14:00 -0700
- To: Bob Ham <rah@settrans.net>
- Cc: David Singer <singer@apple.com>, "public-restrictedmedia@w3.org List" <public-restrictedmedia@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAEnTvdCW1di_epRw4rEv6ObVKnSPcfNRn86tiRzTturrgoMS3Q@mail.gmail.com>
Dictionary and legal definitions nothwithstanding, I think many people consider copyright infringement to be morally similar to a kind of theft. The rights owner certainly loses something of real value through the act of infringement (a potential customer). The very fact of having ones rights infringed is also a form of loss, even without a monetary component, since one is deprived of the ability to exercise that right in respect of the infringer. But this is very much off-topic and / or within a realm that has been either comprehensively answered or persistently ignored (depending on your point of view, it seems) *ad nauseum* on this list. I doubt there is much to be gained by further discussions. ...Mark On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Bob Ham <rah@settrans.net> wrote: > On Sun, 2014-05-18 at 17:20 +0200, David Singer wrote: > > > Let’s get this clear. If you enjoy, without your paying for it, an > experience that someone creates, and is only making available to those who > pay for the experience, that is theft. > > This is not true. Copyright infringement and theft are different > concepts. Enjoyment, as far as I know, is not yet a crime anywhere. If > it is, the crime certainly isn't theft. > > > No amount of rhetoric about how easy it is, how natural it is, or how > desirable it is for you, will change that. > > This is true. Copyright infringement and theft can never be considered > the same thing because theft refers to that act of denying someone > possession of an object and infringing copyright does not mean denying > someone possession. That can never be changed. The concepts are > written in law. You're quite right. > > -- > Bob Ham <rah@settrans.net> > > for (;;) { ++pancakes; } >
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